¶ Apologeticus. Vſ aduerſa dānaret̉ ſicut on̄dit in aſſecutione dānationis vniꝰ articuli vel aſſertionis cō tinētis totā in effectu doctrinā hāc oī publice rei capitalit̓ inimicā. Cuiꝰ dānatōnis tenor eſt. Precipua ſolicitudine volēs hec ſacroſancta ſynodꝰ ad extirpatōeꝫ hereſuꝫ et erroꝝ in diuerſis mūdi ꝑtibꝰ inualeſcen tiū ꝓcedere/ ſicut tenet̉/ ⁊ ad hoc collecta ē/ nuꝑ accepit ꝙ nōnulle aſſertōes erronee ī fide ⁊ bonis moribꝰ ac multiplicit̓ ſcanda loſe/ totiꝰqͣꝫ reipublice ſtatuꝫ ⁊ ordinē ſubuertere moliētes dogmatizate ſunt. int̓ qͣs hec aſſertio delata eſt. Quilibet tyrānꝰ pōt et debet licite ⁊ meritorie occidi ꝑ quēcun qꝫ vaſallū ſuū/ vel ſubditū. etiā ꝑ inſidias et blandicias vel adulatōes. Nō obſtante quocūqꝫ iuram̄to ſeu ꝯfederatōe cū eo nō expectata ſnīa vel mādato iudicis cuiuſcū qꝫ. Aduerſus hūc errorē ſatagēs hec ſācta ſynodꝰ inſurgere/ ⁊ ip̄m funditꝰ tollere; pre habita deliberatōe matura/ decernit decla rat ⁊ diffinit hmōi doctrinā erroneā eſſe in fide ⁊ moribꝰ/ ip̄amqꝫ tāqͣꝫ hereticā/ ſcandaloſam/ ſeditioſam/ ⁊ ad fraudes deceptōes mēdacia/ proditōes/ ꝑiuria/ vias dantē/ re probat ⁊ ꝯdēnat. Declarat inſuꝑ/ decernit et diffinit/ ꝙ ꝑtinaciter doctrina hanc ꝑnicioſiſſimā aſſerētes/ ſunt heretici/ ⁊ tāqͣꝫ tales iuxta legitimas ⁊ canonicas ſanctiōes puniēdi. ¶ Monicus ¶ Dn̄ etiā atꝫ etiaꝫ recogito volūcer v̓ba ſacre ſynodi quēadmodū fatet̉ ſe p̄cipua ſolicitudīe deſtructō nē hereſuꝫ ⁊ erroꝝ debere ꝓſequi/ quēadmodū p̄terea ſeueri cēſura iudicij danauit hāc aſſertōeꝫ q̄ totā fere ꝯplectit̉ doctrinānouē aſſertionū denūciataꝝ cū ꝓpōe vnde fideliter excerpte ſunt nō inuenio realē ſuſpitionis cām fuiſſe fingēdā qͥn ⁊ ꝯcilium dānās/ ⁊ res ꝑmanēs/ ⁊ doctoꝝ cetꝰ ꝯſulēs debuiſſent ad vlteriora ꝓcedere. Si aūt aliter vel cur acciderit omitto q̄rere. Hoc ad pn̄s inqͥro. cur aduena nr̄ p̄ ceteris in hac ꝓſecutōe notatꝰ ē. ¶ Uolucer ¶ Noſti monice qͥd ad officium cācellarie pariſien̄. cui deſeruit ſpectat in fide materijs/ noſti ꝓfeſſionē ſuā exꝑtus es qualēcūqꝫ zelū ſuū ad ea q̄ religionē nr̄am reſpiciūt. Scis qͣꝫ liber ē ab oībꝰ vinculis mūdane neceſſitatis qͣtinꝰ poſſit ampliꝰ p̄parato aīo/ ꝓ veritate certamē hr̄e. Talis ē inſuꝑ de qͦ iuſticia ſi nō recte ambulauerit ad veritatē euāgelijvaleat fieri/ abſqꝫ ꝑturbatōne alioꝝ ſeu rei publice via facti/ ꝓut alias corā inclita natione frācie vni militi palā dixit. Scis nihilominꝰ ꝙ a xp̄ianiſſimo rege frācoꝝ et a p̄clariſſima filia ſua vniuerſitate pariſien̄. īmo ⁊ ab eccl̓ia gallicana/ ꝓ ꝓuīcia ſenon̄. delegatꝰ extitit ad generale ꝯciliū/ ſub certꝭ inſtructionibꝰ ⁊ lr̄is/ q̄ ꝓſecutōeꝫ materiarū fidei. huiꝰ aūt noīatim/ necnō vnionis eccl̓iaſtice. ſed reformatōis moꝝ in capite et mēbrū multipl̓r imponebāt. ¶ Monicus ¶ Eſto ſic fuerit accepi nihilominus emanaſſe poſteriꝰ mādatū a rege/ dū de tractatu pacis in frācia fuiſſet agitatū/ ꝙ hec materia non exponet̉ corā ſacro ꝯcilio/ ita tn̄ ſi ꝑs aduerſa vellet deſiſtere. ¶ Uolucer ¶ Monice iam eſſe res integra ceſſauerat iam ꝯmiſſio tribꝰ dn̄is cardinalibꝰ etiā an̄ aduētū ambaſiatoꝝ regis/ ab aduerſa ꝑte petita fuerat ⁊ obtēta. Sereniſſimꝰ p̄terea romanoꝝ rex hāc materiā vt ſciret̉ veritas voluit ī mediū deduci/ ſicut ex lr̄is ſigillo ſuo ſignatis/ ac ꝑ illa q̄ palā oꝑatꝰ eſt corā iudicibꝰ fidei/ ꝑſonalit̓ ꝯparēs ꝑſpicuū eſt et ex p̄dicta ꝯdēnatōe qͥlibet tyrānꝰ reddit̉ manifeſtū. ¶ Monicus ¶ Attēde volūcer nedū ꝓſecutōeꝫ primo factā iuſtificare vis culpes eā que poſtmodū facta eſt ꝓſecutionis omiſſionē; maxime pꝰ electōeꝫ canoni cā ⁊ legitimā ſūmi pōtificis. ¶ Uolucer Recordare qͥd antea dixeris/ ꝙ ī oībꝰ circū ſpectio tenēda eſt/ vt penſet̉ nedū qͥd verū vel iuſtū ſit ſed qͥd expediens. Nā variata circūſtātiaꝝ qͣlitate vere vel eſtimatiue/ nō erit vicioſuꝫ ſi mutet̉ in diuerſa vel aduerſa ꝯſiliū/ quēadmodū terēcianꝰ ſenex ex ſe refert. ¶ Monicus ¶ Un̄ cognitū o volu cer pluſqͣꝫ antea/ ꝙ nō erat expediēs ꝓſecutionis ꝯtinuatio. ¶ Uolucer ¶ Ah moni ce q̄ſo ne tale aliqͥd ſcrupuloſe nimis q̄ſieris/ qd̓ vt p̄notatū eſt nullis verbis exequi pōt nec cū modeſtia q̄ neminē ledere vult nude tradi. Oro patere germanū tuū patere potiꝰ morſibꝰ alioꝝ qͣꝫ alios ip̄e mordere videat̉ ¶ Monicus ¶ Expoſtulatio tua rōnabilis videret̉ ſi tm̄mō de ꝑſone leſiōe vel iactura nūc ageret̉/ veritatis ꝟo. ⁊ talis veritatis eqͦ aīo qͦs ſuſtinuerit detrimentū fieri/ vt ꝑſonaꝝ q̄rundā oꝑiat̉ vel ignominia vel culpa: ¶ Uolucer ¶ Nōne ſatis videt̉ ꝓ triūpho veritatis/ ꝙ nulla aduerſus eā/ poſt tot agitatiōes ⁊ ꝑtractiones lata ē ſnīa/ q̄ p̄ſertim in rē trāſierit iudicatā. q̄ p̄terea diceret ea q̄ veritatis erāt leſa eſſe/ pro teſtātibꝰ hͦ ip̄m ꝑ lr̄as ſuas ad xp̄ianiſſimū
